they hired independence people because it is so expensive to live in northern Va and DC. Once the mechs get some time under the belt and get stressed dealing with the companies backwards way of doing things with MX they move on and try to make more money. The independence guys probably live in the area and since they werent going to have jobs they came on over. I am sure they wont stay. nobody stays at colgan. it is a place for the interim. and the memo said nothing of pay cuts. after 9/11 they didnt have paycuts. every year they send out the letter as a review of the year. but you can bet they will be auditing pay sheets more. some guys think they can put hot reserve down everytime they have to sit someplace between flights. you will see more scrutiny on pay sheets and they also hate dead heading and tdy so now that they are a bit fat on pilots and captains you wont see so much open time and TDY. they are also forcing FA's to bid for bases where they are needed as opposed to a dozen sitting at a base and not working.
